Dear All, The GEM conference is approaching rapidly. Places are available and there is still time to book your place - but please be quick. Our theme is "heritage learning and social change" and we have a wide range of keynote speakers, breakout sessions and study visits. Keynote speakers include Julia Unwin, Director, Joseph Rowntree Foundation; Richard Simmons, CEO, CABE; John Holden, Head of Culture, DEMOS; Judikje Kiers, Director, Amsterdam's Our Lord in the Attic Museum; Mick Waters, Curriculum Director, QCA and Lindsay Newton, Head of Development, Dudley MBC. Full details of the breakout sessions are given in the revised brochure - see attached. Full details are also on the website http://www.gem.org.uk/cpd/conf/conf08/conf08_intro.html I hope to see many of you in Chatham for the conference. John John Stevenson GEM Office 131 Trafalgar Street Gillingham Kent ME7 4RP Tel/Fax: 01634 853424 [log in to unmask] www.gem.org.uk